4 Responses to “Obamacare: How Hard Could it be to Apply?”

I can see you don’t work in health care, so allow me to help a little. A PA or NP has a license to practice without needing an MD to be physically present, but every one of their cases must be gone over by an MD within 24 hours after the patients are seen. The MDs often make changes to treatment if needed. There aren’t nearly enough MDs for our rapidly aging population, with expanding needs. We have to do something besides shovel the overflow into hospital emergency rooms. No pharmacy would be able to diagnose a “chronic condition”. By definition of that term, a chronic condition has ALREADY been diagnosed. If it’s the initial appearance of something like arthritis, they would be referred out to another type of clinic, practice or an urgent care. Pharmacies can prescribe small amounts of drugs already, in situations like when you are moving, or need time to establish with a new provider. They don’t, and won’t be doing primary care. However, for things like getting your annual flu shot, why should you have to pay for a doctor visit?